LATVIA: visa ban, freeze of assets

Date: March 3, 2014Description: “Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkevichs the events in Ukraine indefinitely included 18 persons to the list of foreigners who are prohibited from entering the Republic of Latvia” – Foreign Minister of Latvia Edgars Rinkevichs.
The sanctions on the Ukrainian officials will include travel restrictions to the EU, as well as the freeze of assets, LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry’s press and information department.
In the list consists of 18 people, including former president Viktor Yanukovych , his sons Alexander and Victor, the former head of the Cabinet Mykola Azarov and his son Alex, former head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Klyuyev , the former head of the Interior Ministry Vitaly Zaharchenko , former Attorney General Victor Pshonka and his son Artem businessman Sergei Kurchenko and others.Sources: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_states_cis/?doc=88543